Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) Content

Exchange-traded funds have transformed how millions of Americans invest, offering accessible, low-cost, and efficient options for building long-term financial security. Preserving key features of ETFs, including their tax treatment, is essential to expanding participation and supporting long-term investing.

How In-Kind Redemptions Work Imagine an ETF owns shares of many different companies. When a large investor redeems shares the ETF can respond in two ways: Sell holdings for cash: The ETF sells some...

Exchange-traded funds have transformed investing for millions of Americans. If policymakers want more Americans to start investing early, stay invested, and build long-term financial security, they should preserve the features that make ETFs accessible, affordable, and efficient. That includes preserving ETF tax treatment.

ICI President and CEO Eric J. Pan opened the second annual ETF Conference in Nashville, Tennessee, highlighting key trends and challenges shaping the ETF industry and ICI’s role in supporting the continued growth in ETFs.

ICI’s ETF Conference, returns to Nashville June 8–10. This year’s conference will bring together the full ETF ecosystem to examine what comes next: how products are built, how they trade, how they reach investors, and how the regulatory framework can continue to support innovation while protecting investors.

ICI President and CEO Eric Pan issued a statement after the Securities and Exchange Commission granted the relief necessary to allow broker-dealers and other market participants to trade ETF shares of multi-class funds.

Across the country, families are still feeling squeezed after the pandemic-era inflation. Prices remain high, mortgage rates are elevated, and many communities struggle to attract the investment they...

As the United States approaches its 250th anniversary, the milestone offers an opportunity to reflect on the institutions and ideas that have shaped the nation’s economic success. ICI is proud to be a...

ICI Innovate Houston, TX February 3–5 Investment Management Conference Palm Desert, CA March 22–25 Leadership Summit Washington, DC April 29–May 1 ETF Conference Nashville, TN June 8–10

The INVEST Act Advances in Congress In December, the House passed the INVEST Act, a bipartisan measure to strengthen investment opportunities and support long-term capital formation. The bill advances...

Navigating ETF as a Share Class ICI’s push for ETF share class relief reflected a sustained, strategic effort that culminated in the SEC issuing an order on ETF share class applications. After...

The [approval to launch ETF share classes of existing mutual funds] will "deliver meaningful benefits to mutual fund shareholders," said Eric Pan, president and chairman of the Investment Company...